IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 9229 of 2010(C)
1. KANAKAMMA.D, W/O.GOPINATHA PILLAI,
... Petitioner
Vs
1. STATE OF KERALA,
... Respondent
2. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES,
For Petitioner :SRI.C.K.SAJEEV
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN
Dated :22/03/2010
O R D E R
S. SIRI JAGAN, J
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W.P.(C.) No.9229 of 2010
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Dated this the 22nd day of March 2010
J U D G M E N T
The petitioner is presently working as the Vice-Principal,
Govt. School of Nursing, at Panamaram in Wayanad District.
According to the petitioner, she is qualified for promotion to the
post of Principal. She would submit that 2 vacancies of Principal
are due to arise at Alappuzha and Ernakulam by 31.3.2010 when
the incumbents in those posts retire. The petitioner submits that
she is the mother of mentally retarded female child with 75%
disability. She submits that, that child requires constant
personal attention of the petitioner. The petitioner therefore,
seeks a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the
petitioner for promotion and a posting either at Alappuzha or
Ernakulam.
2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also.
3. I am of opinion that even when there are no specific
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rules in that regard, a mother of a mentally retarded female child
certainly deserves sympathy and consideration regarding
appropriate posting so that she can attend to the child properly.
That being so, I am of opinion that the petitioner’s claim for
promotion and posting at Alappuzha or Ernakulam is liable to be
considered with the sympathy the petitioner deserves in the
above circumstances.
3. Accordingly this writ petition is disposed of with a
direction to the 1st respondent to consider the petitioner’s claim
for promotion to one of the vacancies at Ernakulam or Alappuzha
and pass orders thereon as expeditiously as possible, at any rate,
within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this
judgment.
S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE
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